The new GeForce GTX 560 Ti-448 LE offers slightly higher (1.311TFLOPS) compute power compared to the original GeForce GTX 560 Ti (1.26TFLOPS), tangibly higher memory bandwidth, significantly higher tessellation performance as well as 3-way multi-GPU SLI support. But the novelty comes at higher price (it costs $289), consumes more power (210W vs. 170W) and is longer (10.5" vs. 9") than its brother, which will not allow it to be installed into all computer cases.

Nvidia clearly aims GeForce GTX 560 Ti-448 LE at enthusiasts who did not get GeForce GTX 570 earlier and are currently looking forward a graphics card upgrade ahead of the holiday season. Thanks to the lack of any well-positioned competitors from AMD, the model GTX 560 Ti-448 LE may become a viable choice for many gamers this year.

Just like the GeForce GTX 560 Ti OEM launched earlier this year, the GF110-based GeForce GTX 560 Ti-448 LE to get rid of chips that have faulty stream processors and cannot power GeForce GTX 580 (512 SPs) and GeForce GTX 570 (480 SPs). The approach has proved to be very efficient on previous-generation processors.